Angela Cottage, Cranbrook

Cranbrook, Kent

Badly flaking white paint on the weatherboards of Angela Cottage in Cranbrook before restoration

The Challenge

Badly flaking paint across both storeys of a cottage, with boards that needed stripping right back to bare timber rather than simply overcoating — a job where cutting corners on preparation would have shown immediately.

What We Did

The weatherboarding on this charming Cranbrook cottage had deteriorated to the point where the paint was flaking badly across both storeys. Rather than simply painting over the problem, we stripped the boards right back to bare timber and filled every defect by hand.

With the boards fully prepared and the surface sound, we applied a full undercoat followed by top coats for a clean, even white finish. The blue front door was rubbed down and given fresh coats to match, completing the transformation.

It is a good example of how thorough preparation — the part most people never see — is what makes the difference between a repaint that lasts and one that fails again within a couple of seasons.